Woronora Heights, New South Wales

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Woronora Heights is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 29km south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire.

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Sydney suburbs near Woronora Heights (Sutherland Shire)
Menai	Bangor	Woronora
Barden Ridge	Woronora Heights	Sutherland
Engadine	Engadine	Loftus

Woronora Heights is bounded by the Woronora River in the west, the top of the escarpment in the north and the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board pipeline in the east and south.

The Woronora Plateau, is a geographical region adjacent to the Sydney Plain. Slightly higher in altitude, it is capped with Hawkesbury Sandstone. It is often hotter in summer and colder in winter than Sydney. The Woronora River flows through the deeply dissected plateau to the Georges River from near the sources of the Port Hacking, within the Sutherland Shire.

The Woronora Reservoir is one of the sources of Sydney's water supply. Controversy has attended the management of the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor, which has been suspected of discharging nuclear wastes into the river downstream of the dam.

There have been various protests organised in the area in response to the closure of the fire-trail linking Woronora Heights more closely to Sutherland, via neighbouring Woronora. Many residents seek for the trail to be opened to general traffic and not just fire-engines in times of emergency. Those in Woronora protest against the opening of the same trail. Currently, the only road out of Woronora Heights goes through Engadine

It is mandatory that all houses must be made of brick and the telegraph lines are submerged.